…yet another incredible print. This time out Dark Hall Mansion has commissioned Laurent Durieux for another DHM-Seminal Film Series Print, Phantom Of The Opera.

Laurent’s first print in the series, “Metropolis“ was a massive success and he is back for more with a stunning offering for “Phantom of the Opera” as seen through his unique perspective.

Metropolis (Standard Edition) – Laurent Durieux – SOLD OUT!

Check out the official press release from DHM and bask in the glorious awesomeness of Laurent Durieux!

Dark Hall Mansion unveils its second installment in the DHM-Seminal Film Series with nothing less than 1925’s epic, “The Phantom of the Opera” starring the inimitable Lon Chaney and rendered strikingly by artist and collector favorite, Laurent Durieux.

While some of our upcoming releases for the DHM-Seminal Film Series might surprise, indeed seem outright obscure, particularly as we’re passionate silent film fanatics at DHM, there is no way we could present a unique and artistic take on cinematic history without properly, and we hope, beautifully, addressing some of the very cornerstones that shaped the course of film history to this very day.

We’ve always found Lon Chaney Sr’s work arresting, to say the least. Deliberately protective of his privacy while fostering an air of mystery about himself and his characters, Chaney had already established a body of work by the time he came to portray the Phantom, but it is this role, perhaps more than any other, that he is most remembered for. As film aficionados know, Chaney was permitted to create his own makeup for ‘Phantom’ after his earlier success rendering his own unique take on Quasimodo in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,”but it’s Phantom’s startling realization that would influence and shape filmmakers, as well as filmgoer’s expectations, for generations to come.

As unusual as Chaney’s makeup and self-developed techniques with same often were, he still considered himself a character actor, and be it his talent with makeup or his equally supreme skills at body contortion, they were simply tools for realizing-in his own words- “extraordinary characterization.” Chaney’s true goal: to have audiences empathize, or at the very least, understand his characters, however unusual, however extreme. There is no doubt his Phantom is, and shall remain, among the very pinnacle of cinema’s legendary characters.

The aim of Dark Hall Mansion’s DHM-Seminal Film Series is the very bridging of cinema as art and art as cinema. To create beautiful prints for some of the most resonant American and international films, distilling film and imagery while beholden to no specific screening or advertising obligations. Our aim right from the onset was to honor the tradition of vintage film posters while simultaneously releasing our artists from its commercial constraints. The single goal then: to create stunning pieces that are intended, right from their inception, to be true stand alone works of art. The very essence of each film to be distilled and rendered in such a fashion that anyone, even via the most cursory of viewings, will appreciate the prints for their visual beauty or in the historical context of what made these films so relevant and so special in the first place.

Key to our approach with DHM’s Seminal Film Series is matching artist to film, and nowhere was this more clearly manifest than in our first pairing of “Metropolis” and Laurent Durieux. DHM has had the distinct pleasure of working with Laurent several times now since first introducing him to US audiences and print collectors worldwide, and there was no way we were going to miss the opportunity to invite him in to showcase his considerable skills on a project that required a simultaneously shocking as well as subtle touch. In keeping with the aesthetic behind our Seminal Film Series print releases, we wanted ‘Phantom’ to be both powerful yet restrained, a piece that immediately takes you into the film yet refashions it in an elegant manner for contemporary display. Once again, Laurent has excelled on all counts.

Metropolis (Variant & Metal Editions) – Laurent Durieux – SOLD OUT!

The print, like the film itself, is at once rich, moody and highly atmospheric, appropriately shocking in its tribute to one of the foundation’s of horror cinema while still romantic and sweeping in scope. A print designed to capture more than the elements of horror, much like Chaney’s hopes for his characterizations, we trust the print resonates with collectors as something unique, nuanced, and evocative of the classic stone litho posters and artists of the silent period.

Laurent’s two highly distinct and striking takes for “Phantom of the Opera” have the expected levels of fine detailing our collectors have come to cherish with each releases, yet the Standard and Variant editions, while at once complimentary, yield very different moods, provoking distinct emotional responses. And frankly, we love that! It’s unusual renderings such as these that we trust will continue to register with collectors and help establish the DHM-Seminal Film Series’ overall tone.

There will also be two very select “Phantom of the Opera” Wood Editions: One with Standard artwork (Edition of 10), one with Variant artwork (Edition of 10). $250 each

* These special Wood editions will be released in conjunction with our friends atwww.emovieposter.com, the world’s largest vintage film poster collector website, and they will release their examples by lottery while DHM will offer its Wood editions on our initial release date.

All DHM-Seminal Film Series “Phantom of the Opera” Limited Editions go on sale next Thursday, June 6, 2013. They will be available on our dedicated Store page at 10:30 AM PST HERE.

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